Originally Posted by
pax britanica
Why do we need an army navy and airforce. If defence was outsourced or privatised the first thing management would do is combine it into a defence force .
Don't agree. Successful companies focus on specialising on what they are good at. Combining disperate sectors is a recipe for failure.
there is no need any more for specialist high ranking officers and where there is we cannot afford to have so many .
Whats the argument against?
The simple argument is that successful companies hire the very best and reward them accordingly.
If that doesnt work what is actually wrong with a Pan EU defence force -ok we might leave the Eu but we can't leave Europe. Neither the French nor Germans or even Spanish are going to attack us . Neither is the Warsaw pact since theyare all now on our side except for Russia
Russia isnt a threat to anyone except its immediate neighbours and thats non of our business to tell people who they can or cannot occupy.
Who says that Russia isnt a threat. If you have even the slightest understanding of Putin you will know that he is intent on recreating the Soviet union.
So who are our enemies , and whoever they are they are likely to be enemies of France Germany Italy Spain Poland Cz etc etc as well.
I suggest that you read your history books.
We could cover almost all our procurement from neighbours and because we have nukes could claim that we should be at the very top of the command chin, well just below the French as they have an INDEPENDENT nuclear weapons capability whereas ours is under US control but as we have been military and military equipment partners with the French for 120 years and we are neighbours on land and sea ( the channel cannot be classed as sea any more) theres no harm in a top table of two especially as we are on exactly the same page on issues like ISIS and Daesh.
So whats the problem with both suggestions which would save huge amount of money
The problem is that this is a typical example of someone who has no understanding of our nation or why its defence is so important and why we choose to invest 2% of our GDP on it.